Cert Grant in Summum

[marty.lederman at comcast.net]

Opinion and all the cert.-stage papers available here:

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/todays-orders-25/#more-6913


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From: "Brownstein, Alan" <aebrownstein at ucdavis.edu>
> Do you have the cite for McConnell's dissent handy?
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> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> [mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Lund
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:40 PM
> To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: Cert Grant in Summum
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> The Supreme Court today granted cert in an unusual Ten Commandments
> case, Summum v. Pleasant Grove City.  The case was brought by a
> religious organization that wanted to put up its own religious monument
> in a city park, given that there was already a Ten Commandments display
> there.  The Tenth Circuit found for the plaintiffs, agreeing with them
> that the park was a traditional public forum from which the plaintiffs
> could only be excluded upon the showing of a compelling interest.  The
> panel's decision seems pretty dubious - I imagine the Supreme Court will
> reverse, with a logic along the lines of Judge McConnell's dissent from
> denial of rehearing en banc.
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> Best,
> 
> Chris
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> Christopher C. Lund
> Assistant Professor of Law
> Mississippi College School of Law
> 151 E. Griffith St.
> Jackson, MS  39201
> (601) 925-7141 (office)
> (601) 925-7113 (fax)
> 
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